Campo Grande | |
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| Municipality of Campo Grande | |
From the top, clockwise: city panorama with Afonso Pena Avenue highlighted; fountain at Praça Ary Coelho; Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Abbey and St. Anthony; Morena TV tower; Indigenous Nations Park; Campo Grande Railway Station; Memorial of Indigenous Culture. | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nicknames: Cidade Morena (Portuguese for "Brown City"), CG, Campão (Big Field) | |
| Motto(s): "Poder, prosperidade e altruísmo" (Portuguese)"Power, prosperity and altruism" | |
 Location in Mato Grosso do Sul | |
| Coordinates: 20°29′02″S 54°36′54″W / 20.48389°S 54.61500°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Central-West Region |
| State |  Mato Grosso do Sul |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Adriane Lopes |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 8,096.05 km2 (3,125.90 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 154.5 km2 (59.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 592 m (1,942 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Municipality | 898,100 (17th) |
| • Density | 97.3/km2 (252/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| Postal Code | 79000-001 to 79129-999 |
| Area code | +55 67 |
| HDI (2010) | 0.784 – high[1] |
| Website | www |
Campo Grande (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkɐ̃pu ˈɡɾɐ̃dʒi], lit. '"Great Field"') is a city in the central and western region of Brazil, capital of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Historically a stronghold of separatists from the North and South, founded by José Antônio Pereira, the city is planned in the middle of a vast green space, with wide streets and tree-lined avenues with several gardens along the way. It is one of the most wooded cities in Brazil, with 96.3% of houses in shade.[2]
The region where the city is located was in the past a waypoint for travellers who wanted to go from São Paulo or Minas Gerais to northern Mato Grosso by land. In the early 1900s, a railway was completed, connecting Campo Grande to Corumbá on the Bolivian border and to Bauru, São Paulo. Also in the beginning of the 20th century, the Western Brazilian Army Headquarters was established in Campo Grande, making it an important military center.
With a population growth from 140,000 people in 1970 to 750,000 people in 2007, Campo Grande is the third largest urban center of the Center-West region, and the 17th largest city in the country. In 1977, the State of Mato Grosso was split into two, and Campo Grande became the capital of the new state of Mato Grosso do Sul, comprising the southern portion of the former state. By that time, Campo Grande had long surpassed the latter's capital city of Cuiabá in population, which is unusual in Brazil, where most capitals are also the states' largest cities.
Today, the city has its own culture, which is a mixture of several ethnic groups, most notably immigrants from the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa,[3] Middle Easterners,[4] Armenians,[5] Portuguese people, Germans, Italians, Spaniards, and Paraguayans,[6] finally mixed with Asian and European Brazilians from the Brazilian Southern and Southeast regions, its native Amerindian peoples and Afro-Brazilians.
- ^ "IDHM" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
- ^ "Estimativas demográficas em municipalidades brasileiras" [Population estimates in Brazilian municipalities] (PDF). July 1, 2011. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2011.
- ^ "Japanese Okinawans in Campo Grande". Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ "Arab descent in Campo Grande". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ Armenians in Campo Grande
- ^ Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Paraguayan immigration to Campo Grande